The tale of an inventive sloth who outwits his zookeeper with elaborate inventions has won the Royal Society’s young people’s book prize, which champions the best science books for children. How Machines Work by author and illustrator David Macaulay scooped the £10,000 prize at a ceremony in Cardiff on Monday afternoon. The prize did not run between 2008-2010, but has been restored after an anonymous benefactor began donating prize money. Alexander von Humboldt biography wins Royal Society science book prize Read moreMacaulay was shortlisted alongside authors Katie Daynes, Isabel Thomas, John Farndon, Dan Green and Louie Stowell, who will each receive £2,500. This year’s Royal Society’s science book prize, which rewards authors of books for adults, went to Andrea Wulf for her biography of scientist Alexander von Humboldt, The Invention of Nature.

Source: The Guardian November 21, 2016 13:52 UTC